Taylor States in Stellarators: A Fast High-order Boundary Integral Solver

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Malhotra, Dhairya; Cerfon, Antoine; Imbert-Gérard, Lise-Marie; O'Neil, Michael;
(2019)
  • Related identifiers: doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.06.067
  • Subject: G.1.10 | 65-04 | G.1.9 | Physics - Plasma Physics | Physics - Computational Physics | G.1 | Mathematics - Numerical Analysis
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We present a boundary integral equation solver for computing Taylor relaxed states in non-axisymmetric solid and shell-like toroidal geometries. The computation of Taylor states in these geometries is a key element for the calculation of stepped pressure stellarator equ... View more
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